Spain and Germany back consolidated version of treatySPANISH PRIME minister José-Luis Rodrígues Zapatero has said that if the EU Council adheres to the previous practice of refusing…Sat Mar 08 2008 - 00:00
Call for Ministers' resignations over cancer 'failure'FINE GAEL and Labour will renew their calls for the resignation of Mary Harney or Micheál Martin during a debate in the Dáil …Sat Mar 08 2008 - 00:00
M3 motorway protesters claim to have entered tunnel under roadCAMPAIGNERS AGAINST the M3 motorway claim they have stepped up their campaign by occupying a tunnel they say they have secretly…Sat Mar 08 2008 - 00:00
Ahern has chance to modify treaty to Ireland's benefit, says Lisbon criticFORUM ON EUROPE: A VETERAN Danish MEP who is a leading critic of the Lisbon Treaty said yesterday that Bertie Ahern will have…Fri Mar 07 2008 - 00:00
Opposition scathing of Drumm and HarneyPOLITICAL REACTION: OPPOSITION politicians have strongly criticised Minister for Health Mary Harney and Health Service Executive…Thu Mar 06 2008 - 00:00
Ahern meets family of missing girlTAOISEACH BERTIE Ahern yesterday met the mother and step-father of Amy Fitzpatrick, the Dublin teenager who has been missing …Thu Mar 06 2008 - 00:00
Hospice investors to get 41% tax reliefTÁNAISTE BRIAN Cowen has introduced a last-minute provision to the Finance Bill which will give tax relief to investors in private…Thu Mar 06 2008 - 00:00
Government denies cover-up in review of pathologist's workTHE GOVERNMENT last night categorically rejected a claim that it was involved in a cover-up by suppressing the number of patient…Wed Mar 05 2008 - 00:00
IDA support for Lisbon Treaty welcomedTHE DECISION by the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) to support a "Yes" vote in the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty was…Tue Mar 04 2008 - 00:00
Breast cancer misdiagnosis reports to be published tomorrowTHE THREE reports into the breast cancer misdiagnosis scandal at Portlaoise hospital are expected to be published tomorrow.Tue Mar 04 2008 - 00:00
Regeneration of Ballymun to cost double estimateTHE MASSIVE Ballymun regeneration project in north Dublin will cost double its original estimate and will take six years longer…Tue Mar 04 2008 - 00:00
Taoiseach's brothers defend his evidence to Mahon tribunalTHE TWO brothers of Taoiseach Bertie Ahern have strongly defended his evidence to the planning tribunal and have predicted he…Sat Mar 01 2008 - 00:00
Media outplayed by Bertie's 'blinder' at CrokerLIKE ALL good thrillers it started off in deceptively simple fashionSat Mar 01 2008 - 00:00
O'Malley in bid to succeed HarneySENATOR FIONA O'Malley will launch her campaign to succeed Mary Harney as Progressive Democrats leader at a press conference …Sat Mar 01 2008 - 00:00
Where party loyalty never waversDespite revelations about the payment of constituency funds to Celia Larkin, Fianna Fáil activists are united in their support…Sat Mar 01 2008 - 00:00
Martin ahead of FF on schools - GilmoreLABOUR LEADER Éamon Gilmore last night claimed Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin's approach to education and integration…Sat Mar 01 2008 - 00:00
Minister admits 'failures' on climate change strategyMINISTER FOR Transport Noel Dempsey has readily accepted that his own Government's climate change strategy from 2002 was a failure…Tue Feb 26 2008 - 00:00
Greens play down senator's comments on Ahern departureTHE GREEN Party last night moved to play down comments made by party chairman Senator Dan Boyle that raised the issue of Bertie…Tue Feb 26 2008 - 00:00
Dempsey says no congestion chargesMINISTER FOR Transport Noel Dempsey has said that congestion charges will not be considered for Irish cities, especially Dublin…Tue Feb 26 2008 - 00:00
Gormley stresses Burren's uniquenessTHE GOVERNMENT will actively pursue efforts to make the Burren Ireland's next Unesco world heritage site, Minister for the Environment…Mon Feb 25 2008 - 00:00
Gilmore urges Ahern to resign after address to US CongressPolitical reaction: Taoiseach Bertie Ahern's credibility suffered such a damaging blow yesterday that he should step down immediately…Sat Feb 23 2008 - 00:00
Counsel calls the tribunal 'manifestly unfair'Correspondence: Lawyers for the Taoiseach claimed yesterday that the tribunal had failed to furnish it with its correspondence…Fri Feb 22 2008 - 00:00
Ahern to address US Congress on April 30thTaoiseach Bertie Ahern will address the Joint Houses of Congress in Washington on April 30th, less than a year after addressing…Wed Feb 20 2008 - 00:00
Local government legal loophole to be closedThe Government has approved legislation to remove constitutional doubt surrounding the legal standing of a number of bodies set…Wed Feb 20 2008 - 00:00
Gormley stresses climate aspect of EU treatyGreen Party leader John Gormley said last night that climate change provided one of the compelling reasons to vote Yes in the…Tue Feb 19 2008 - 00:00
TD gets assurances about medical facilities for Irish troops in ChadThe Department of Defence and a senior spokesman for the EU peacekeeping mission to Chad last night gave strong reassurances …Tue Feb 19 2008 - 00:00
Lisbon Treaty Bill set to be approvedThe Government may approve the Bill that will give the go-ahead for the Lisbon Treaty referendum at its Cabinet meeting on Tuesday…Fri Feb 15 2008 - 00:00
Salmond praises Ireland's 'global standard' social partnership modelScotland will borrow from the Irish model of social partnership in order to build a "Celtic Lion economy" that will match the…Thu Feb 14 2008 - 00:00
TD clashes with Roche on ZimbabweZIMBABWE: A Fianna Fáil TD yesterday publicly clashed with a Junior Minister over what he said was the Government's failure…Thu Feb 14 2008 - 00:00
Tenants liable to pay tax for non-resident landlordsTenants of non-resident landlords are obliged to pay the landlords' tax liabilities of 20 per cent of rental income or else face…Thu Feb 14 2008 - 00:00
EU elites 'trying to railroad treaty through'A newly-formed group campaigning for a No vote in the forthcoming Lisbon Treaty referendum has said that Irish people will in…Wed Feb 13 2008 - 00:00
No challenge to release of paper on 1989 IRA ambushThe Government yesterday said it was not going to contest the High Court application by the Smithwick Tribunal for a 1989 document…Wed Feb 13 2008 - 00:00
FG claims social partners structure is failingFine Gael yesterday all but claimed that the social partnership model of the past two decades was now failing and needed to be…Tue Feb 12 2008 - 00:00
Tribunal to seek 1989 cabinet document in High CourtA tribunal investigating alleged Garda collusion in the murder of two RUC officers in 1989 is to go to the High Court to seek…Fri Feb 08 2008 - 00:00
FG and SDLP call for dismantling of IRAFine Gael and the SDLP yesterday demanded that the IRA dismantle all its remaining structures in the aftermath of the murder …Fri Feb 08 2008 - 00:00
Dempsey derails ambitious CIÉ plan and opts for new Luas lineMinister for Transport Noel Dempsey last night informed CIÉ that it will have to drop ambitious plans for a heavy rail hub at…Wed Feb 06 2008 - 00:00
SF begins intensive campaign on treatySinn Féin will mount a general election-style campaign against the Lisbon Treaty in all 43 constituencies but with party leader…Wed Feb 06 2008 - 00:00
O'Keeffe wants to withdraw FF resignationNed O'Keeffe has written to Fianna Fáil applying for readmission to the parliamentary party a little over two months after resigning…Wed Feb 06 2008 - 00:00
Ó Cuív grants €250,000 to promote Orange OrderAnother symbolic milestone in the peace process will be reached tomorrow when the grandson of one of Ireland's most iconic republicans…Tue Feb 05 2008 - 00:00
FG to attack Harney on failure in health servicesFine Gael will tonight begin a second assertive Dáil attack in two months on Minister for Health Mary Harney with a private members…Tue Feb 05 2008 - 00:00
Lisbon Treaty vote likely to be held in MayThe referendum on the Lisbon Treaty is more likely to take place in late May than after the summer, according to reliable Government…Mon Feb 04 2008 - 00:00
Gormley defends Ahern's handling of tax affairsGreen Party leader John Gormley strongly defended the Taoiseach's handling of his tax affairs yesterday and said he believes …Mon Feb 04 2008 - 00:00
State fights beef tribunal costs claimThe State is contesting a claim for legal costs arising from the beef tribunal that was first submitted 12 years after the inquiry…Mon Feb 04 2008 - 00:00
Ahern and Brown to focus on devolving police powersThe potentially problematic issue of devolving police and justice powers to Northern Ireland will dominate a meeting between …Mon Feb 04 2008 - 00:00
Finance Bill to include major energy efficiency measuresA major new energy efficiency scheme is to be included in the Finance Bill when it is published tomorrow, The Irish Times has…Wed Jan 30 2008 - 00:00
Lenihan praises DPP's initiative to explore changesThe initiative by the Director of Public Prosecutions to explore changes to the 35-year rule not to give reasons for decisions…Tue Jan 29 2008 - 00:00
Decision not to pay O'Rourke victims defendedThe Government would find itself facing significant legal difficulties if it agreed to a once-off payment to compensate victims…Tue Jan 29 2008 - 00:00
DPP says sentencing policy for drugs cases is flawedThe Director of Public Prosecutions yesterday described the minimum mandatory sentence for drugs offences as a rather crude instrument…Tue Jan 29 2008 - 00:00
Dispute arises over McDowell link to anti-Lisbon groupA war of words has broken out over the extent of the involvement of former tánaiste Michael McDowell in Libertas, the group campaigning…Mon Jan 28 2008 - 00:00
Taoiseach's vote-getting appeal on wane, says MinisterThe influence of Taoiseach Bertie Ahern's personality in attracting votes to Fianna Fáil has diminished with every election, …Sat Jan 26 2008 - 00:00
